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Harper is thirsty and loves sweet tea. Harper walks into a diner and rings the bell to alert the cashier that she is standing in line. Harper orders a large sweet tea and waits for the cashier to pour the tea from the pitcher into the cup and serve it to her. The tea is icy cold and sweet, just like Harper likes it. Which of the following describes the topography of the response?

Harper is thirsty and loves sweet tea. Harper walks into a diner and rings the bell to alert the cashier that she is standing in line. Harper orders a large sweet tea and waits for the cashier to pour the tea from the pitcher into the cup and serve it to her. The tea is icy cold and sweet just like Harper likes it. Which of the following describes the function of the response?

Brenda is the behaver. If Brenda completes her daily chores poorly, her dad usually does not say anything to her. When Brenda completes her daily chores well, her dad typically gives her lots of verbal praise. Now, Brenda tends to complete the chores well more often than completing them poorly. This is an example of:

Clarabella writes a behavior protocol for herself to increase the number of breaks that she takes throughout the workday. She takes a break at 12:10 pm. She then takes another break 27 minutes later at 12:37 pm. This is an example of:

The rest of the exam will focus on a study about the neuroscientific theory that sensory information about our bodily postures and movements gets sent to the brain and can influence our emotions and cognition. You will answer several MC, numerical and long/short answer questions on it.   Please read it below, and then answer this question: Are the researchers predicting an interaction?The following is adapted from a real study:  Brinol and Petty (2003) examined “a new mechanism by which overt head movements can affect attitude change. In each experiment, participants were induced to either nod or to shake their heads while listening to” a message.  The message was meant to persuade them of requiring all students “to carry personal identification cards as part of a proposed new university security system”.  Participants were divided into groups so that they either nodded or shook their heads.  Some participants received messages containing convincing, strong arguments for requiring IDs (such as:  increased personal security, increased data security, cost and time effectiveness).  Others listened to messages with weak, implausible arguments (such as IDs allowed for longer lunches for security officers, the university’s image would be improved).  The authors predicted that Strong arguments would overall result in more persuasion (i.e. positive views) of the message than would weak arguments Nodding would produce more persuasion than shaking but only when the message contains strong, plausible arguments. With weak, implausible arguments, the opposite would occur: shaking would produce more persuasion than nodding. The table below shows the persuasion scores (how strongly the participants agreed with the message) for the four conditions:                                                             Head Movement                                                          Nod    Shake Argument                         Weak         60     80 Strength:                          Strong         90     70                          

Phil hates doing homework. Phil’s babysitter sends him to his room without completing his homework when he cries and flops to the floor. Phil’s mom makes Phil complete all his homework even if he engages in these crying and flopping behaviors. Phil cries and flops more often around his babysitter and not around his mom when he has homework. Phil’s babysitter is an example of an:

A math professor has a particularly challenging student who often sends rude emails. Every time the professor sees an email appear in her inbox with this student’s name on it, she does not read the email. The email from the rude student is an example of an:

Joel lives at a nursing home. Nurses check on him after every fourth time he presses a “Help” button on his nightstand. This is an example of a:

Pat says, “Flower” when she sees a tulip. She also says, “Flower” when she sees a sunflower, rose, or lily. This is an example of:

Which of the following is an example of an Establishing operation (EO) for punishment?